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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (218 Artikel)

The 2 years’ long-term efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia: a systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Review

Huan Li, Wei Peng, Shu Huang, Yutang Ren, Yan Peng, Qing Li, Jiao Wu, Xiangsheng Fu, Xiaowei Tang

Vibration transmittance measures sternotomy stability – a preliminary study in human cadavers

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Juha Hautalahti, Atte Joutsen, Sirkka Goebeler, Tiina Luukkaala, Jahangir Khan, Jari Hyttinen, Jari Laurikka

Correction to: Case report and management approach in idiopathic pulmonary arteries aneurysm

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Saleem Haj-Yahia, Mohammad Sbaih, Khalil Bali, Ahmad Darwazah, Wafiq Othman, Mahmoud Zaghari, Gianni Angelini, Massimo Caputo, Abdel-karim Barqawi

Changes in chest wall motion with removal of Nuss bar in repaired pectus excavatum – a cohort study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Nicola Oswald, Zara Jalal, Salma Kadiri, Babu Naidu

In-vitro and in-vivo evaluation of a novel bioprosthetic pulmonary valve for use in congenital heart surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jonas Rasmussen, Søren Nielsen Skov, Ditte Bruus Nielsen, Ida Lindhardt Jensen, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Peter Johansen, Vibeke E. Hjortdal

Trimodally treatment for stage IIIa NSCLC patients increases survival while not effecting surgical mortality or complexity

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Dan Aravot, Yaron D. Barac, Efrat Krutzwald-Josefson, Aaron M. Allen, Dov Flex, Nir Peled, Mordechai R. Kramer, Yuri Peysakhovich, Milton Saute

To repair or not to repair: a case report of atrioventricular groove hematoma during mitral valve surgery

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hiroshi Nagamine, Yusuke Date, Takeshi Takagi, Yushi Kawase

Dual inflow without circulatory arrest for hemiarch replacement

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Tae Yun Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim

Predictive risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer: a case control study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yusef Moulla, Tanja Gradistanac, Christian Wittekind, Uwe Eichfeld, Ines Gockel, Arne Dietrich

Carbon dioxide de-airing in minimal invasive cardiac surgery, a new effective device

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jesper Nyman, Peter Svenarud, Jan van der Linden

Relaxation matters: comparison of in-vitro vasodilatory role of botulinum toxin-A and papaverine in human radial artery grafts

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Omer Tanyeli, Ipek Duman, Yuksel Dereli, Niyazi Gormus, Hatice Toy, Ayse Saide Sahin

Video-assisted thoracoscopic cardiac denervation of refractory ventricular arrhythmias and electrical storms: a single-center series

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Luis Jaime Téllez, Juan Carlos Garzón, Eric Edward Vinck, Julian David Castellanos

Is single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal cystectomy feasible?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Nanqing Jiang, Yiming Lu, Jun Wang

Adult lung transplantation case-volume and in-hospital and long-term mortality in Korea

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Susie Yoon, Eun Jin Jang, Ga Hee Kim, Dal Ho Kim, Tae-Yoon Lim, Hannah Lee, Ho Geol Ryu

Neo-generation of neogenetic bullae after surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in young adults: a prospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Takuya Onuki, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Shuntaro Kawabata, Masatoshi Yamaoka, Masaharu Inagaki

Tracheal suspension with autogenous rib cartilage in a patient with severe tracheomalacia

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Shuonan Xu, Jianfei Zhu, Guolong Zhao, Shudong Li

RhoA/rho-kinase, nitric oxide and inflammatory response in LIMA during OPCABG with isoflurane preconditioning

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Liang Zhang, Cheng-Bin Wang, Bo Li, Duo-Mao Lin, Jun Ma

Neurological complications after cardiac surgery: a retrospective case-control study of risk factors and outcome

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Giuseppe Maria Raffa, Francesco Agnello, Giovanna Occhipinti, Roberto Miraglia, Vincenzina Lo Re, Gianluca Marrone, Fabio Tuzzolino, Antonio Arcadipane, Michele Pilato, Angelo Luca

ABO-identical matching has no superiority in long-term survival in comparison to ABO-compatible matching in lung transplantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Mohammed Fakhro, Hillevi Larsson, Malin Malmsjö, Lars Algotsson, Sandra Lindstedt

Feasibility of primary sternal plating for morbidly obese patients after cardiac surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Joshua M. Liao, Patrick Chan, Lorraine Cornwell, Peter I. Tsai, Joseph H. Joo, Faisal G. Bakaeen, James D. Luketich, Danny Chu

Serological cytokine profiles of cardiac rejection and lung infection after heart transplantation in rats

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Hao Chen, Juhua Yang, Shengchao Zhang, Xuan Qin, Wei Jin, Lihua Sun, Feng Li, Yunfeng Cheng

The role of HIF-1α-VEGF pathway in bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Haichao Xu, Abudumailamu Abuduwufuer, Wang Lv, Zhenyu Zhou, Yunhai Yang, Chong Zhang, Jian Hu

Isolated right atrial rupture from blunt trauma: a case report with systematic review of a lethal injury

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Tareq Maraqa, Mohamed A. T. Mohamed, Kenneth L. Wilson, Vinu Perinjelil, Gul R. Sachwani-Daswani, Leo Mercer

A graft inversion technique for retrograde type A aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wenbin Hu, Yiran Zhang, Lei Guo, Jingya Fan, Yuan Lu, Liang Ma

Correction to: Predictive risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer: a case control study

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Yusef Moulla, Tanja Gradistanac, Christian Wittekind, Uwe Eichfeld, Ines Gockel, Arne Dietrich

Long-term results of radical pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in Korean population

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Min Suk Choi, Dong Seop Jeong, Jae K. Oh, Sung-A Chang, Sung-Ji Park, Chung Suryeun

Congenital aneurysmal right coronary artery with a fistula to the left atrium in an adult

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Neerod Kumar Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, Nishant Shah, Arif Al Mulla, Bassem Mora

The aberrant systemic-pulmonary artery communication: three-dimensional image simulation

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Chun-Lin Kuo, Kuan-Hsun Lin, Kai-Hsiung Ko, Tsai-Wang Huang

Wine cup stoma anastomosis after extended sleeve lobectomy for central-type squamous cell lung cancer

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Mitsunori Higuchi, Masayuki Watanabe, Kotaro Endo, Ikuro Oshibe, Nobutoshi Soeta, Takuro Saito, Hiroshi Hojo, Hiroyuki Suzuki

Correction to: Trimodally treatment for stage IIIa NSCLC patients increases survival while not effecting surgical mortality or complexity

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Dan Aravot, Yaron D. Barac, Efrat Krutzwald-Josefson, Aaron M. Allen, Dov Flex, Nir Peled, Mordechai R. Kramer, Yuri Peysakhovich, Milton Saute

Internal thoracic artery patch repair of a saccular left main coronary artery aneurysm

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Tomohiro Iwakura, Kouji Toguchi, Ippei Kato, Noriko Asakawa

Reconstruction of anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery in an adult patient: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Kazuki Mori, Hirofumi Anai, Tomoyuki Wada, Takashi Shuto, Shinji Miyamoto

Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis complicated with multiple lung abscesses and thoracic empyema as different pathogens: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ya-Fu Cheng, Yung-Kun Hsieh, Bing-Yen Wang, Ching-Yugn Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang

Computed tomography-guided simultaneous coil localization as a bridge to one-stage surgery for multiple lung nodules: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yu-Fei Fu, Yong-Guang Gao, Miao Zhang, Tao Wang, Yi-Bing Shi, Ya-Yong Huang

How should we treat uncomplicated subacute type B aortic dissection in octogenarians?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ken Nakamura, Tetsuro Uchida, Azumi Hamasaki, Mitsuaki Sadahiro

Hybrid bronchoscopic and surgical resection of endotracheal angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Wobbe Bouma, Kor Johan Koning, Albert J. H. Suurmeijer, Dirk Jan Slebos, Massimo A. Mariani, Theo J. Klinkenberg

Surgical reconstruction for congenital tracheal malformation and pulmonary artery sling

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Vu Huu Vinh, Huynh Quang Khanh, Nguyen Viet Dang Quang

Endoscopic central airway recanalization to enable first line pembrolizumab treatment in a PD-L1 strongly positive non-small cell lung cancer: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Alfonso Fiorelli, Fabio Perrotta, Mariano Mollica, Mario Santini, Fabiana Vitiello, Marina Gilli, Cecilia Calabrese, Andrea Bianco

Arterial stiffness is a predictor for acute kidney injury following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Sharlene A. Greenwood, Emmanuel Mangahis, Ellen M. Castle, Joe Wang, Jackie Campbell, Ranjit Deshpande, Satish Jayawardene

Giant coronary aneurysms producing chest pain

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Raymond Pfister, Yalda Sadeghi, Javier Orrit, René Prêtre

Novel roles of vibration transmittance in fracture testing

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Aaron R. Casha, Kieran Chircop, Marilyn Gauci, Joseph N. Grima

Impact of coronary angiography early after CABG for suspected postoperative myocardial ischemia

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Leopold Rupprecht, Christof Schmid, Kurt Debl, Dirk Lunz, Bernhard Flörchinger, Andreas Keyser

Obstructive teratoma in the right ventricle of a newborn: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yasser Farid, Louis Chebli, Valérie Seghers, Wendy Dewals, Ahmed Sanoussi, Pierre Wauthy

Value of cardiac computed tomography angiography in pre-operative assessment of infective endocarditis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Narumol Chaosuwannakit, Pattarapong Makarawate

Solid component tumor doubling time is a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Kentaro Miura, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Tomonobu Koizumi, Satoshi Kawakami, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Ito

Risk factors of atrial fibrillation occurring after radical surgery of esophageal carcinoma

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jun Tang, Jian-zhu Zhao, Kai-ming Ren, Fu-shuang Zheng, Xi-wen Wang, Hai-jun Liu, Jun-gang Zhao, Ji-bin Lu

Pericardial closure with extracellular matrix scaffold following cardiac surgery associated with a reduction of postoperative complications and 30-day hospital readmissions

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Alfredo Rego, Patricia C. Cheung, William J. Harris, Kevin M. Brady, Jeffrey Newman, Robert Still

Influence of Mitroflow bioprosthesis structural valve deterioration on cardiac morbidity

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Farhad Waziri, Zarmiga Karunanithi, Brian Bridal Løgstrup, Vibeke Hjortdal, Per Hostrup Nielsen, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

Prediction of lymph node status in completely resected IIIa/N2 small cell lung cancer: importance of subcarinal station metastases

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Rong Qiao, Runbo Zhong, Jianlin Xu, Yanwei Zhang, Bo Zhang, Shuyuan Wang, Yuqing Lou, Dongfang Chen, Qing Chang, Yizhuo Zhao, Baohui Han

Impact of bleeding complications on length of stay and critical care utilization in cardiac surgery patients in England

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Nawwar Al-Attar, Stephen Johnston, Nadine Jamous, Sameer Mistry, Ena Ghosh, Gaurav Gangoli, Walter Danker, Katherine Etter, Eric Ammann

Right aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery and aortic coarctation including a descending aortic aneurysm

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Frantisek Sabol, Peter Candik, Adrian Kolesar, Tomas Toporcer

Esophageal adenocarcinoma with leukemoid reaction: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ge Yu, Huaijun Ji, Chuizheng Meng, Yixuan Huang, Guogang Gao, Chuanping Liu, Shanlei Wang, Lei Zhang, Jin Ju

Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome after bronchopleural fistula

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Max S. Yudovich, Eliza W. Beal, Desmond M. D’Souza, Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz

Hybrid treatment of an unusual traumatic aortic arch rupture with pseudoaneurysm: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Shoujun Tang, Shengjie Tang, Li Yu, Yongheng Zhang, Haining Zhou

Intrapericardial gossypiboma found 14 years after coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Fatmir Caushi, Lindita Çoku, Ilir Skenduli, Daniela Xhemalaj, Arian Mezini, Emira Hysa, Francesco Rulli

Changes in the levels of inflammatory markers after transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects in pediatric patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jiang-Shan Huang, Qiang Chen, Liang-Wan Chen, Yur-Ren Kuo, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Hua Cao

Unilateral single-port thoracoscopic surgery for bilateral pneumothorax or pulmonary bullae

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xiaojian Li, Xiaojin Wang, Huayong Zhang, Hua Cheng, Qingdong Cao

Yellow nail syndrome resulting from cardiac mitral valve replacement

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hossein Sarmast, Ahmad Takriti

Failed MitraClip therapy: surgical revision in high-risk patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Sabreen Mkalaluh, Marcin Szczechowicz, Matthias Karck, Alexander Weymann

Minimally invasive and conventional surgical treatment of primary benign cardiac tumors

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Congcong Luo, Jiaquan Zhu, Chunrong Bao, Fangbao Ding, Ju Mei

Right ventricular remodeling after conduit replacement in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot - evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Henrik Guné, Johan Sjögren, Marcus Carlsson, Ronny Gustafsson, Pia Sjöberg, Shahab Nozohoor

Assessment of postoperative pain management and comparison of effectiveness of pain relief treatment involving paravertebral block and thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Józef Wąsikowski, Norbert Wójcik, Janusz Wójcik, Piotr Wasilewski, Piotr Lisowski, Tomasz Grodzki

Right ventricular failure following left ventricular assist device implantation is associated with a preoperative pro-inflammatory response

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Paul C. Tang, Jonathan W. Haft, Matthew A. Romano, Abbas Bitar, Reema Hasan, Maryse Palardy, Keith D. Aaronson, Francis D. Pagani

Increased risk for the development of postoperative severe hypoxemia in obese women with acute type a aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ming Gong, Zining Wu, Shijun Xu, Lei Li, Xiaolong Wang, Xinliang Guan, Hongjia Zhang

The surgical treatment of anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Shuo Dong, Jun Yan, Haitao Xu, Yabing Duan, Chun Liu

3D printing and thoracoscopy assisted MIPO in treatment of long-range comminuted rib fractures, a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xuetao Zhou, Dongsheng Zhang, Zexin Xie, Menghui Chen, Yang Yang, Zheng Liang, Guoliang Zhang

Etiology of right ventricular restrictive physiology early after repair of tetralogy of Fallot in pediatric patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Bhushan Sandeep, Xin Huang, Fan Xu, Pengxiao Su, Ting Wang, Xiaoke Sun

SUPERIOR SVG: no touch saphenous harvesting to improve patency following coronary bypass grafting (a multi-Centre randomized control trial, NCT01047449)

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Saswata Deb, Steve K. Singh, Domingos de Souza, Michael W. A. Chu, Richard Whitlock, Steven R. Meyer, Subodh Verma, Anders Jeppsson, Ayman Al-Saleh, Katheryn Brady, Purnima Rao-Melacini, Emilie P. Belley-Cote, Derrick Y. Tam, P. J. Devereaux, Richard J. Novick, Stephen E. Fremes

In situ laser fenestration for revascularization of aortic arch during treatment for iatrogenic type A aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Minjian Kong, Jianfang Qian, Qunjun Duan, Xuebiao Li, Aiqiang Dong

A case report: Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe blunt thoracic trauma

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Fumihiro Ogawa, Takuma Sakai, Ko Takahashi, Makoto Kato, Keishi Yamaguchi, Sayo Okazaki, Takeru Abe, Masayuki Iwashita, Ichiro Takeuchi

Differential lung ventilation for increased oxygenation during one lung ventilation for video assisted lung surgery

  • Open Access
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Ran Kremer, Wisam Aboud, Ori Haberfeld, Maruan Armali, Michal Barak

Cardiopulmonary bypass time is an independent risk factor for acute kidney injury in emergent thoracic aortic surgery: a retrospective cohort study

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  • Research article

Shijun Xu, Jie Liu, Lei Li, Zining Wu, Jiachen Li, Yongmin Liu, Junming Zhu, Lizhong Sun, Xinliang Guan, Ming Gong, Hongjia Zhang

Improved operative and recovery times with mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement

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  • Research article

Anna Olds, Siavash Saadat, Anthony Azzolini, Viktor Dombrovskiy, Karen Odroniec, Anthony Lemaire, Aziz Ghaly, Leonard Y. Lee

Ischemia time impacts on respiratory chain functions and Ca2+-handling of cardiac subsarcolemmal mitochondria subjected to ischemia reperfusion injury

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  • Research article

Marcus Leistner, Stefanie Sommer, Peer Kanofsky, Rainer Leyh, Sebastian-Patrick Sommer

Unusual rupture of left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm secondary to subacute anterolateral myocardial infarction: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Masaho Okada, Hirotaka Watanuki, Kayo Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Futamura, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Aortic root surgery with the CARDIOROOT vascular graft: results of a prospective multicenter post-market surveillance study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Giordano Tasca, Jaroslav Lindner, Laurent Barandon, Petr Santavy, Carlo Antona, Jan Burkert, Amando Gamba

Giant cavernous hemangioma of the eleventh rib

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Heping Huang, Chengdong Ning, Yu Pan

Giant intrathoracic teratoma presenting with cachexia and severe dyspnea

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Emma Ryan, Hani Shennib, Sanjeev Gopal

Reliability and safety of minimally invasive esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Guangyuan Liu, Yongtao Han, Lin Peng, Kangning Wang, Yu Fan

Extensibility of autologous pericardium roll conduit in non-confluent pulmonary artery: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Fumiya Yoneyama, Toru Okamura, Yorikazu Harada

Retroaortic closure of thoracic duct in the management of persistent chylothorax: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Francesco Paolo Caronia, Giuseppe Di Miceli, Andrea Macaluso, Damiano Librizzi, Francesco Sgalambro, Alfonso Fiorelli

Mini open stent grafting with half sternotomy for aortic arch aneurysm

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Tamaki Takano, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Takamitsu Terasaki, Taishi Fujii, Yusuke Date, Mugumi Fuke, Kai Machida

The experience of transcatheter closure of postoperative ventricular septal defect after total correction

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  • Research article

N’goran Yves N’da Kouakou, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang

Analysis of the advantages of 3D printing in the surgical treatment of multiple rib fractures: 5 cases report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xue-tao Zhou, Dong-sheng Zhang, Yang Yang, Guo-liang Zhang, Ze-xin Xie, Meng-hui Chen, Zheng Liang

Higher arterial pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass may not reduce the risk of acute kidney injury

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  • Research article

Kristian Kandler, Jens C. Nilsson, Peter Oturai, Mathias E. Jensen, Christian H. Møller, Jens Otto Clemmesen, Henrik C. Arendrup, Daniel A. Steinbrüchel

Mitral valve repair: moving towards a personalized ring

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  • Research article

Antonios Pitsis, Timotheos Kelpis, Efstratios Theofilogiannakos, Nikolaos Tsotsolis, Harisios Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

Impact of patients´ age on short and long-term outcome after carotid endarterectomy and simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting

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  • Research article

Mona Salehi Ravesh, Rene Rusch, Christine Friedrich, Christoph Teickner, Rouven Berndt, Assad Haneya, Jochen Cremer, Thomas Pühler

Heart in the ‘jaws’ of a constrictor, unusual cause of subacute right heart failure

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  • Case report

Geoffrey Joseph Changwe, Zhang Wenlong, Haizhou Zhang, Chengwei Zou

Combined recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring and one-lung ventilation using the EZ-Blocker and an electromyographic endotracheal tube

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  • Research article

Andreas Moritz, Joachim Schmidt, Waldemar Schreiner, Torsten Birkholz, Horia Sirbu, Andrea Irouschek

Echocardiographic evaluation of non-surgically treated mild-to-moderate mitral dysfunction in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

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  • Research article

Gwan Sic Kim, Joon Bum Kim, Suk Jung Choo, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee, Sung-Ho Jung

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration with absence of pericardium and atrial septal defect in a woman

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  • Case report

Zhenhuan Tian, Yuncan Zhou, Hongsheng Liu

Application of trans-thoracic echocardiography and coronary CT angiography to diagnose mitral valve prolapse

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  • Research article

Jingbo Li, Yun Zhang, Liulong Zhang, Deyong Lv, Hui Song, Haifeng Zhang, Guangyan Zhou, Hong Li

Outcomes of completion lobectomy long after segmentectomy

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  • Research article

Yuki Takahashi, Masahiro Miyajima, Makoto Tada, Ryunosuke Maki, Taijiro Mishina, Atsushi Watanabe

Single-stage hybrid repair of a ruptured Kommerell diverticulum associated with dextrorotation, bovine arch, and bicuspid aortic valve

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  • Case report

Jeko M. Madjarov, Michael G. Katz, Sarah M. Gubara, Svetozar Madzharov, Kevin Reames, Sophia Madjarova, Francis Robicsek

A meta-analysis of perventricular device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect

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  • Research article

Zhi-Nuan Hong, Qiang Chen, Li-Qin Huang, Hua Cao

Long-term outcome after mitral valve replacement using biological versus mechanical valves

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  • Research article

Ayse Cetinkaya, Julia Poggenpohl, Karin Bramlage, Stefan Hein, Mirko Doss, Peter Bramlage, Markus Schönburg, Manfred Richter

Thoracoscopic epicardial left ventricular bipolar lead implantation with the use of automated titanium fasteners (Cor-Knot®)

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  • Case report

Thibault Schaeffer, Constantin Mork, Joachim Erb, Oliver Reuthebuch

Surgical management of organizing pneumonia: a retrospective study of 24 cases in a single Centre

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  • Research article

Ge Yu, Huaijun Ji, Chuizheng Meng, Yixuan Huang, Guogang Gao, Chuanping Liu, Shanlei Wang, Lei Zhang, Jin Ju

Total laparoscopic and thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy after neoadjuvant Chemoradiation with minimal overall and anastomotic complications

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Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz, Desmond M. D’Souza, Kyle A. Perry

A simple mouse model of pericardial adhesions

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Ai Kojima, Tomohisa Sakaue, Mikio Okazaki, Fumiaki Shikata, Mie Kurata, Yuuki Imai, Hirotomo Nakaoka, Junya Masumoto, Shunji Uchita, Hironori Izutani

Ten year follow-up of lung transplantations using initially rejected donor lungs after reconditioning using ex vivo lung perfusion

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Haider Ghaidan, Mohammed Fakhro, Jesper Andreasson, Leif Pierre, Richard Ingemansson, Sandra Lindstedt

LVAD with concomitant rapid deployment valve implantation – a case report

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  • Case report

Daniel D. Holloway, Lindsay C. Jones, Soo J. Howell, Jonathan D. Rich, Duc Thinh Pham

Tracheotomy-coblation for acquired subglottic tracheal stenosis: a case report

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  • Case report

Jingtao Huang, Zhongwei Zhang, Tao Zhang

Outcomes of early versus delayed initiation of extracorporeal life support in cardiac surgery

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  • Research article

Min Ge, Tuo Pan, Jun-Xia Wang, Zu-Jun Chen, Dong-Jin Wang

Device closure of diverse layout of multi-hole secundum atrial septal defect: different techniques and long-term follow-up

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  • Research article

Zeeshan Farhaj, Li Hongxin, Guo Wenbin, Wen-Long Zhang, Fei Liang, Hai-Zhou Zhang, Gui-Dao Yuan, Cheng-Wei Zou

Fit 4 surgery, a bespoke app with biofeedback delivers rehabilitation at home before and after elective lung resection

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Salma Bibi Kadiri, Amy Pamela Kerr, Nicola Katy Oswald, Alina-Maria Budacan, Sarah Flanagan, Christopher Golby, Stuart Lightfoot, Babu Naidu

Successful occlusion of ventricular septal rupture in myocardial infarction under the guidance of echocardiography

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  • Case report

Xiaofeng Wang, Fang Nie, Na Ye, Xuehui Liu, Shaoqing Yang, Fangzhou Guo, Jing Li

Aberrant pancreatic tissue in a giant mediastinal cyst: an uncommon entity

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  • Case report

Josiah Miner Njem, Benjamin Ugwu, John Collins, Innocent Emmanuel, Ojile Akpa Philip, John Awodi

Transcatheter and intraoperative device closure and surgical repair for atrial septal defect

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  • Research article

Han-Fan Qiu, Qiang Chen, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Liang-Wan Chen, Xue-Shan Huang

The effect of valve noise on the quality of life of patients after mechanical mitral valve replacement in a Chinese population

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  • Research article

Zhi-Nuan Hong, Jiang-Shan Huang, Li-Qin Huang, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen

Improved long-term outcomes after heart transplantation utilizing donors with a traumatic mode of brain death

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  • Research article

Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Dov Freimark, Elad Maor, Yigal Kassif, Leonid Sternik, Alexander Kogan, Yael Peled

Interval changes in ROTEM values during cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric cardiac surgery patients

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Christopher F. Tirotta, Richard G. Lagueruela, Daria Salyakina, Weize Wang, Thomas Taylor, Jorge Ojito, Kathleen Kubes, Hyunsoo Lim, Robert Hannan, Redmond Burke

Mitral regurgitation detected during the intraoperative period after atrial septal defect closure: a case report

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  • Case report

Joo Hyun Jun, Min-Kyung Kang, Joon-Sang Hyeon, Eunha Choi, Youngrok Kim, Ki Seok Kim, Mi Hwa Chung, In-Jung Jun

Non-syndromic aortic valve myxoma in a teen, cause of angina symptoms

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  • Case report

Geoffrey Joseph Changwe, Tao Zhang, Haizhou Zhang, Chengwei Zou

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of ciliated muconodular papillary tumor

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  • Research article

Kang Shao, Yalong Wang, Qi Xue, Juwei Mu, Yushun Gao, Yonggang Wang, Bingzhi Wang, Lina Zhou, Shugeng Gao

Hemoptysis secondary to rupture of infected aortic aneurysm– a case report

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  • Case report

Hina Inam, Ibrahim Zahid, Sarim Dawar Khan, Salman Ul Haq, Saulat Fatimi

Use of low-dose β1-blocker for sinus tachycardia in patients with catecholamine support following cardiovascular surgery: a retrospective study

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  • Research article

Michihiro Sakai, Satoshi Jujo, Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Ohnishi, Masataka Kamei

Aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique – a single-center study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jamila Kremer, Fabian Preisner, Bashar Dib, Ursula Tochtermann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Matthias Karck, Mina Farag

Resection of a huge mediastinal well-differentiated liposarcoma involving left thoracic cavity

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ming Zhang, Shaoqin Zhang, Hao Shi, Weidong Li, Zhengliang Wei

Computed tomography-guided preoperative semi-rigid hook-wire localization of small pulmonary nodules: 74 cases report

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Guang Zhao, Xiuyi Yu, Weiqiang Chen, Guojun Geng, Ning Li, Hongming Liu, Pan Yin, Long Sun, Jie Jiang

Total resection of an infected aortic arch aneurysm caused by Mycobacterium avium: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Kei Yagami, Takashi Fujita, Shinichi Ishida, Masato Mutsuga

Preoperative hidden renal dysfunction add an age dependent risk of progressive chronic kidney disease after cardiac surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jiarui Xu, Jiawei Yu, Xialian Xu, Bo Shen, Yimei Wang, Wuhua Jiang, Wenlv Lv, Yi Fang, Zhe Luo, Chunsheng Wang, Jie Teng, Xiaoqiang Ding

Left ventricular decompression on Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with intra-aortic balloon Counterpulsation

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jan M. Griffin, Susan Restaino, Koji Takeda, Arthur R. Garan

Primary cardiac dedifferentiated liposarcoma in a middle-aged female: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jiayu Shen, Zhi Fang, Yahan Zhang, Yingqiang Guo

Huge thrombus in the ascending aorta: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Baogang Wang, Dashi Ma, Dianbo Cao, Xiaxia Man

Case report: recurrent metastatic breast cancer in internal mammary dissection bed discovered at the time of coronary bypass

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Gavitt A. Woodard, Hannah Lee, Daffolyn Rachael Fels Elliott, Kirk D. Jones, Jasmine Wong, David M. Jablons, Kai Ihnken

Aortic erosion occurring in over 5 years after Amplatzer septal Occluder implantation for secundum atrial septal defect: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yasuko Onakatomi, Toshihide Asou, Yuko Takeda, Hideaki Ueda, Motohiko Goda, Munekata Masuda

Diagnosis and surgical repair of congenital double aortic arch in infants

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yiting Yang, Xin Jin, Zhengxia Pan, Yonggang Li, Chun Wu

Gingival metastasis of a mediastinal pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Zhonghua Qin, Bin Huang, Guiping Yu, Yongqiang Zheng, Ke Zhao

Skeletonisation contributing to a reduction of sternal wound complications: a retrospective study in OPCAB patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jef Van den Eynde, Astrid Heeren, Delphine Szecel, Bart Meuris, Steven Jacobs, Peter Verbrugghe, Wouter Oosterlinck

Zero balance ultrafiltration using dialysate during nationwide bicarbonate shortage: a retrospective analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ryan Mullane, Lance Fristoe, Nicholas W. Markin, Tara R. Brakke, Helen Mari Merritt-Genore, Aleem Siddique, Clifford D. Miles, Troy J. Plumb

Stability across time of the neutrophil-lymphocyte and lymphocyte-neutrophil ratios and associations with outcomes in cardiac surgery patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jeremy Green, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Makoto Mori, Sameh Yousef, Abeel A. Mangi, Arnar Geirsson

The coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction technique can make a difference in arterial switch operation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Kwang Ho Choi, Si Chan Sung, Hyungtae Kim, Hyoung Doo Lee, Hoon Ko, Joung-Hee Byun

Left ventricular dysfunction postsurgical patent ductus arteriosus ligation in children: predictor factors analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Mohamed Abdel-Bary, Khaled Abdalla Abdel-Baseer, Ahmed Fathy Abdel-Latif, Mohamed Abdella Abdel-Naser, Mahmoud Nafie, Karam Mosallam Eisa

Thoracic aortic aneurysms exerting high extrinsic pressure on the airway

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hanna Jung, Young Woo Do, Sang Yub Lee, Youngok Lee, Tak Hyuk Oh, Gun Jik Kim

The novel use of oral antibiotic monotherapy in prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Finegoldia magna: a case study

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Siobhan Chien, David Gorman, Charilaos-Panagiotis Koutsogiannidis, Ramanish Ravishankar, Ganesh Kamath, Vipin Zamvar

Combined intrapleural and intrabronchial injection of fibrin glue for closing alveolar pleural fistula: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Alfonso Fiorelli, Italia Odierna, Daniele Scarano, Francesco Caronia, Andrea Failla, Mario Iannotti, Mario Santini, Caterina Pace

Thrombus aspiration catheter improve the myocardial reperfusion of STEMI patients with high thrombus load during the emergency PCI operation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ping Li, Jiang-Wen Ruan, Ming Liu, Si-Yao Li, Zheng-Dong Wang, Wen-Chao Xie

Minimal invasive aortic valve replacement: associations of radiological assessments with procedure complexity

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Bruce R. Boti, Vikash G. Hindori, Emilio L. Schade, Athina M. Kougioumtzoglou, Eva C. Verbeek, Annet Driessen-Waaijer, Riccardo Cocchieri, Bas A. J. M. de Mol, Nils R. Planken, Abdullah Kaya, Henk A. Marquering

A novel endothelial damage inhibitor for the treatment of vascular conduits in coronary artery bypass grafting: protocol and rationale for the European, multicentre, prospective, observational DuraGraft registry

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Etem Caliskan, Sigrid Sandner, Martin Misfeld, Jose Aramendi, Sacha P. Salzberg, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Vilas Satishchandran, Geeta Iyer, Louis P. Perrault, Andreas Böning, Maximilian Y. Emmert

Short-term results of bilateral internal mammary arterial grafting for patients aged 60–75 years – a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yilong Guo, Xiaoqi Wang, Shuwu He, Yue Shu, Tianguang Wang, Zelun Chen

Health-related quality of life in adults undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Kai-Peng Sun, Qiang Chen, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Jiang-Shan Huang, Hua Cao

Correction to: Mitral regurgitation detected during the intraoperative period after atrial septal defect closure: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Joo Hyun Jun, Min-Kyung Kang, Joon-Sang Hyeon, Eunha Choi, Youngrok Kim, Ki Seok Kim, Mi Hwa Chung, In-Jung Jun

The risk factors for postoperative cerebral complications in patients with Stanford type a aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yong Lin, Mei-Fang Chen, Hui Zhang, Ruo-Meng Li, Liang-Wan Chen

Subpleural multilevel intercostal continuous analgesia after thoracoscopic pulmonary resection: a pilot study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jelle E. Bousema, Esther M. Dias, Sander M. Hagen, Bastiaan Govaert, Patrick Meijer, Frank J. C. van den Broek

Hybrid procedure for treating adult congenital heart disease with valvular heart disease in two patients

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Chun-sheng Li, Zhong Lu, Xiao-rong Song, Zhong-ya Yan

Morbidity and mortality of serious gastrointestinal complications after lung transplantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Annette Zevallos-Villegas, Rodrigo Alonso-Moralejo, Félix Cambra, Ana Hermida-Anchuelo, Virginia Pérez-González, Pablo Gámez-García, Javier Sayas-Catalán, Alicia De Pablo- Gafas

Thoracoscopic partial lung resection following pneumonectomy: a report of three cases

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hidenori Goto, Mingyon Mun, Shohei Mori, Joji Samejima, Yosuke Matsuura, Masayuki Nakao, Hirohumi Uehara, Ken Nakagawa, Sakae Okumura

Total aortic arch replacement surgery with a Core temperature of 34 °C

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Quan Li, Hong Qu, Tianqi Liu, Jianmin Yu, Meng Lv

An abnormal left ventricular-atrial perforation after radiofrequency catheter ablation: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Tingting Tao, Junnan Zheng, Hongfei Xu, Yiming Ni

Super large cardiac hemangioma in right atrium and inferior vena cava: case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

C. J. Perez Rivera, R. Figueroa-Casanova, C. E. Ochoa Bonet, A. González-Orozco

Extensive aortic surgery in acute aortic dissection type A on outcome – insights from 25 years single center experience

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Bashar Dib, Philipp Christian Seppelt, Rawa Arif, Alexander Weymann, Gábor Veres, Bastian Schmack, Carsten J. Beller, Arjang Ruhparwar, Matthias Karck, Klaus Kallenbach

Safety and long-term efficacy of thoracoscopic Epicardial ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

John Johnkoski, Bryan Miles, Anna Sudbury, Mohammed Osman, Muhammad Bilal Munir, Sudarshan Balla, Mina M. Benjamin

Comparison of postoperative complications between segmentectomy and lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Benoît Bédat, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Thomas Perneger, Marc-Joseph Licker, Alexandra Stefani, Matthieu Krull, Jean Yannis Perentes, Thorsten Krueger, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics, Michel Gonzalez

Intermediate bronchial fistula caused by mediastinal drainage tube compression and fungal infection: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yahua Li, Kewei Ren, Liqun Ye, Jianzhuang Ren, Xinwei Han

Active clearance of chest tubes is associated with reduced postoperative complications and costs after cardiac surgery: a propensity matched analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yvon Baribeau, Benjamin Westbrook, Yanick Baribeau, Simon Maltais, Edward M. Boyle, Louis P. Perrault

Analysis of sternal healing after median sternotomy in low risk patients at midterm follow-up: retrospective cohort study from two centres

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  • Research article

Bin Wang, Dapu He, Min Wang, Yongxiang Qian, Youran Lu, Xinping Shi, Yang Liu, Xianghong Zhan, Dongmei Di, Kai Zhu, Xiaoying Zhang

Long-term outcomes and predictors of recurrent aortic regurgitation after aortic valve-sparing and reconstructive cusp surgery: a single centre experience

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Dainius Karciauskas, Vaida Mizariene, Povilas Jakuska, Egle Ereminiene, Jolanta Justina Vaskelyte, Irena Nedzelskiene, Sarunas Kinduris, Rimantas Benetis

Preliminary evaluation of autologous pericardium ring for tricuspid Annuloplasty: a two-year follow-up study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wei Jiang, Xiao-Mao Long, Si-Cong Li, Yong-Long Zhong, Bang-Fu He, Hui Lin

Very late unusual thrombosis of the remnant pulmonary vasculatures after lung resection complicated by embolic events

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hyun Ju Yoon, Kye Hun Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Jeong Gwan Cho, Jong Chun Park

Meta-analysis of segmentectomy versus lobectomy for radiologically pure solid or solid-dominant stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Sunyin Rao, Lianhua Ye, Li Min, Guangqiang Zhao, Ya Chen, Yunchao Huang, Jichen Yang, Shouyong Xiao, Run Cao

Large left atrial cavernous hemangioma, a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jian Xu, Hulin Piao, Duo Wang, Yong Wang, Bo Li, Tiance Wang, Zhicheng Zhu, Dan Li, Rihao Xu, Kexiang Liu

Vasoresponsiveness in patients with heart failure (VASOR): protocol for a prospective observational study

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Marieke E. van Vessem, Saskia L. M. A. Beeres, Rob B. P. de Wilde, René de Vries, Remco R. Berendsen, Evert de Jonge, A. H. Jan Danser, Robert J. M. Klautz, Martin J. Schalij, Meindert Palmen

Repair of a type B aortic dissection with a re-vascularization of the aberrant right subclavian artery in an adult patient

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Mahmoud Yousef Ibrahim Abuharb, Bian Xiao Ming, He Jian

Dual antiplatelet therapy up to the time of non-elective coronary artery bypass grafting with prophylactic platelet transfusion: is it safe?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Fida Charif, Righab Hamdan, Genane Youness, Ali El Zein, Mohamad Issa, Yehya Jassar, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamad Saab

Early clinical outcomes of simple pannus removal for mechanical aortic valve stenosis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Huimin Cui, Lin Zhang, Shixiong Wei, Shengli Jiang

Rare aneurysm of anterior mitral valve leaflet-a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Muhammad Tariq, Ibrahim Zahid, Shahid Sami

Recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for bileaflet lesions in the modern era

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Daisuke Kaneyuki, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Toshihisa Asakura, Akihiro Yoshitake, Chiho Tokunaga, Masato Tochii, Jun Hayashi, Akitoshi Takazawa, Hiroaki Izumida, Atsushi Iguchi

Management of acute type A aortic dissection with acute lower extremities malperfusion

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Dong Hoon Kang, Jong Woo Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Seong Ho Moon, Jun Ho Yang, Jae Jun Jung, Hyun Oh. Park, Jun Young Choi, In Seok Jang, Chung Eun Lee, Jong Duk Kim, Joung Hun Byun

Clinical application and observation of modified Ivor-Lewis surgery in Siewert type II adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric junction

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Qifan Yin, Wenhao Wang, Huining Liu, Guang Yang, Shaohui Zhou, Lijun Liu

TAVI-in-homograft (TiH): open transcatheter aortic valve replacement in calcified aortic homograft case reports

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Marco Gennari, Ilaria Giambuzzi, Gianluca Polvani, Marco Agrifoglio

Excessive intravenous crystalloid infusion after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy is associated with postoperative pneumonia

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Rong Yang, Chengli Du, Jinming Xu, Linpeng Yao, Siying Zhang, Yihe Wu

Right atrial and SVC infiltrating mass-the entity of infiltrating lipoma

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Owais A. Shah, Abdul Badran, Markku Kaarne, Theodore Velissaris

Early and intermediate outcomes for surgical management of infective endocarditis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Lindsay Volk, Nina Verghis, Antonio Chiricolo, Hirohisa Ikegami, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire

Anterior mitral leaflet length and mitral annulus diameter impact the echocardiographic outcome after isolated myectomy

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  • Research article

Mateusz Kuć, Magdalena Kumor, Mariusz Kłopotowski, Maciej Dąbrowski, Natalia Kopyłowska-Kuć, Piotr Kołsut, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk

Learning curve in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a single-center experience

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Anh Tuan Vo, Dinh Hoang Nguyen, Sy Van Hoang, Khoi Minh Le, Thu Trang Nguyen, Vuong Lam Nguyen, Bac Hoang Nguyen, Binh Quang Truong

The effect of patient-prosthesis mismatch on survival after aortic and mitral valve replacement: a 10 year, single institution experience

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Sudeep Das De, Ashok Nanjappa, Karim Morcos, Sadia Aftab, John Butler, Vivek Pathi, Philip Curry, Sukumaran Nair

The largest reported intrathoracic lipoma: a case report and current perspectives review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Mohammed Aldahmashi, Abdalmotaleb Elmadawy, Mahmoud Mahdy, Mohamed Alaa

Severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients following Total aortic arch replacement with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jun Li, Lijing Yang, Guyan Wang, Yuefu Wang, Chunrong Wang, Sheng Shi

Pulsatile arterial blood pressure mimicking aortic valve opening during continuous-flow LVAD support: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Matthias Paprotny, Frank Ruschitzka, Bernd Lüders, Markus J. Wilhelm, Raed Aser, Dominique Bettex, Andreas J. Flammer, Alain Rudiger, Stephan Winnik

Preoperative platelet count, preoperative hemoglobin concentration and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest duration are risk factors for acute kidney injury after pulmonary endarterectomy: a retrospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Congya Zhang, Guyan Wang, Hui Zhou, Guiyu Lei, Lijing Yang, Zhongrong Fang, Sheng Shi, Jun Li, Zhiyan Han, Yunhu Song, Sheng Liu

Neu im Fachgebiet Chirurgie

Antibiotika bei Erwachsenen mit Appendizitis oft ausreichend

Bei etwa zwei Drittel aller Erwachsenen mit akuter Appendizitis könnte eine antibiotische Behandlung ausreichen, wie eine Metaanalyse nahelegt. Die Komplikationsrate war insgesamt gering, auch wenn letztlich doch eine Op. fällig wurde.

Katheterablation bei Vorhofflimmern: Ist frühe Intervention von Vorteil?

Bei Patienten mit Vorhofflimmern scheinen die Therapieergebnisse bezüglich Rezidivfreiheit bei frühzeitiger Katheterablation besser zu sein als bei später erfolgter Ablation. Dafür sprechen Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Registeranalyse. 

Beugt Tranexamsäure schweren Blutungen auch in der Allgemeinchirurgie vor?

Ergebnisse einer Subgruppenanalyse der POISE-3-Studie sprechen dafür, dass eine Prophylaxe mit Tranexamsäure auch bei allgemeinchirurgischen Eingriffen das Risiko für schwere Blutungen senkt.

Höhere Anspannung vor der Op. führt offenbar zu besserem Ergebnis

Ein gewisses Maß an Stress zu Beginn der Op. wirkt sich möglicherweise positiv auf das Gelingen aus, so ein Team aus Boston. Die Komplikationsrate ging unter diesen Umständen signifikant zurück.

Update Chirurgie

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